{"id":14931,"date":"2020-04-03T17:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/?p=14931"},"modified":"2020-04-03T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:07:13","slug":"dont-waste-a-good-crisis-opportunity-during-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/dont-waste-a-good-crisis-opportunity-during-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Waste a Good Crisis: Opportunity During Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a helpful mantra for tough times. There will be much difficulty and suffering in the days ahead, yes, but also a magnificent opportunity to reinvent, rebrand, and rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>You may know of Geoffrey Moore, the author of the classic business book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000FC119W\">Crossing the Chasm<\/a>. Here&#8217;s what he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geoffreyamoore\/status\/1239552236667142144\">recently tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14932\" title=\"Geoffrey Moore\" src=\"http:\/\/mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/geoffrey.jpg\" alt=\"Geoffrey Moore\" width=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/geoffrey.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mediashower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/geoffrey-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/center>From now until June, you have an opportunity to do something you wouldn&#8217;t normally do.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like a portal has opened up. This portal goes to another dimension, an alternate reality where you are somehow better and stronger. Your business has been reinvented. You have personally been transformed.<\/p>\n<p>But the portal is only open for the next few weeks. Eventually, it will close. The Jell-O of the universe will congeal into a <a href=\"https:\/\/coco.mediashower.com\/briefs\/the-new-normal\">New Normal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The New Normal won&#8217;t be the same. Power structures will change. Industries will consolidate. There will be no Olive Garden.<\/p>\n<p>In that New Normal, where will you be?<\/p>\n<p>Simon Sinek, the famous author and TED Talker, held an inspiring Zoom chat where he talked about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for reinvention. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/simonsinek_simon-shared-some-inspiring-thoughts-on-our-activity-6649390579530649600-jrw1\">Highly recommended<\/a> (6 minutes well spent):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:6649389983981416449\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"504\" height=\"415\"><\/iframe><\/center>The world is not ending, the world is changing. Jump through the portal. Seize the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t see a time like this again. Don&#8217;t let a perfectly good crisis go to waste.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5 Business Best Practices During the Coronacrisis:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&gt; Teach others what you are learning. (Teach it to someone else, and you&#8217;ve really learned it.)<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Get to your desk before 8:30 am. Get something done before 9.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Don&#8217;t get it perfect, get it done. Think fast, cheap, agile.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Do quick &#8220;Zoom scrums&#8221; where you check in with team members: 15 minutes or less.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Spend 10% of your time helping others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a helpful mantra for tough times. There will be much difficulty and suffering in the days ahead, yes, but also a magnificent opportunity to reinvent, rebrand, and rebuild. You may know of Geoffrey Moore, the author of the classic business book Crossing the Chasm. 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